The increasing impacts of global climate change on crop performance pose a significant
threat to global food security. The rhizosphere microbiomes intimately interact with the plant …

Quantitatively linking the composition and function of microbial communities is a major
aspiration of microbial ecology. Microbial community functions emerge from a complex web …

Microbiome breeding is a new artificial selection technique that seeks to change the genetic
composition of microbiomes in order to benefit plant or animal hosts. Recent experimental …

Directed evolution has been used for decades to engineer biological systems at or below
the organismal level. Above the organismal level, a small number of studies have attempted …

Directed evolution is a form of artificial selection that has been used for decades to find
biomolecules and organisms with new or enhanced functional traits. Directed evolution can …

Microbial communities often perform important functions that depend on inter-species
interactions. To improve community function via artificial selection, one can repeatedly grow …

Synthetic biology transforms the way we perceive biological systems. Emerging
technologies in this field affect many disciplines of science and engineering. Traditionally …

Microbial communities, acting as key drivers of ecosystem processes, harbour immense
potential for sustainable agriculture practices. Phosphate-solubilising microorganisms, for …

Although the accomplishments of microbiome engineering highlight its significance for the
targeted manipulation of microbial communities, knowledge and technical gaps still limit the …

Microbial communities are capable of performing diverse functions with important
bioindustrial and medical applications. One approach to improving a community function is …